How To Get The Best Exchange Rate

< p>[#image: /photos/53db191c6dec627b14a181df]||||||< br>Question from Joe_Kayaker:< blockquote>< p>"How do you get the best exchange rates when you need cash in foreign countries? The answer used to be to go to an ATM at your destination. On a recent trip to Paris that's just what I did. Today when I checked my bank statement I found I got hit with a 3% "foreign transaction fee" and a $10 ATM fee! For my 100 euros of pocket change, I paid more than $1.46 per euro. Needless to say, I have a new bank, but where is one to go for the best exchange rates?"< p>First of all, Joe, we've missed you! Where ya been (besides < ahref="http://www.concierge.com/destination/paris">Paris)?! Second, you make my life easy because I've already answered your question. Take a look at < ahref="/perrin-post/2006/09/getting_the_bes">Getting The Best Exchange Rate Abroad, then read < ahref="/perrin-post/2007/01/the_cheapest_wa">Cheapest Way To Pay Overseas. Third, I'm curious: What bank did you switch to, and what are its overseas ATM fees?< p>< atarget="_blank" href="http://www.concierge.com/images/cnt/blogs/perrinpost/wendy_perrin_bio.html">< br>